Questions tagged [c-lightning]

c-lightning is a standard compliant implementation of the Lightning Network protocol. The Lightning Network is a scalability solution for Bitcoin, enabling secure and instant transfer of funds between any two parties for any amount.

I'm using c-lightning to experiment with sending micropayments backwards and forwards between 2 separate nodes.
One area I am experiencing great difficulty with is being able to generate an invoice ...

I'm struggling to work out how I can setup a channel between two lightning nodes so that I can send a single payment from one node to the other.
I have set up two separate c-lightning nodes connected ...

I have some doubts about the closure of a lightning network channel. As far as I know, there can be (al least) 4 different scenarious:
one node decides to close the channel, and the other one accept ...

The Lightning-RFC defines, in BOLT #11, an invoice protocol for proof-of-payment. While this is a pretty cool feature, I was wondering if it would be possible to make a payment without such invoice. ...

Lets say there is a service in which users can have a few satoshis but are also able to deposite/withdraw satoshis by paying/sending a lightning invoice. Let us assume the service has some data store ...

Is it possible to open a channel with a peer that is not a full node? Or to exchange lightning payments between two peers that are not full nodes, they both have to open a channel with full lightning ...

Sorry for the dumb question, but I'm not very good in lightning network...
So I have two daemons: c-lightning and LND.
Channels from the c-lightning comes like this 505580:1917:1;
Channels from the ...

I downloaded the latest github .zip for version 0.6 and unpacked it but when I check the version I am running it returns:
v0.5.2-2016-11-21-1644-g1616fcb
Any idea what I did incorrectly? What's the ...

When I run a lightning node, I have to set up a lightning channel with, for example, a highly connected node.
Here a first question: When I set up a lightning channel with a node, have I need to put ...

I am using c-lightning version:v0.6-182-g1851ebb. Is there a way to know how much I have earned routing fees? I found that lnd has lncli feereport command that shows earned fees. Does c-lightning have ...

I have open 3 channels with a c-lightning node (with rompert.com and satoshis.place and HP).
When I look for the funding_txid field on the blockchain the transactions are all confirms for more than ...

I am trying to take advantage of the new release of c-lightning 0.6 that provide the ability to setup a lightweight node (i.e. No Local bitcoind instance running). But did not found any documentation ...

I did set up a mainnet c-lightning node by following the guide.
https://medium.com/@dougvk/run-your-own-mainnet-lightning-node-2d2eab628a8b
I noticed my node is visible on https://lnmainnet.gaben.win/...